House Republicans during a party meeting voted to lift their decade-old self-imposed ban on earmarks, which will allow members to secure funds for their favored projects via large federal spending bills. In a 102-84 vote on Wednesday, the House Republican Conference passed a resolution by Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers to remove a 2011 ban on earmarks, so…

Commentary The front-page headline in Monday’s Wall Street Journal said: “Biden weighs how to pay for Agenda.” Who purchases something they know they can’t afford, and then worries about paying for it later? Only government. After less than two months in office, President Biden and a majority Democrat Congress have engaged in record spending with…

Bringing back earmarks in federal spending is the worst “way to build back trust in Congress” because they are a quasi-legalized form of bribery” that “enables Washington’s spending addiction.” That’s according to 35 Republican members of the Senate and House of Representatives who signed a March 10 letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy…

Calling them “Community Funding Projects” (CFP) instead of using the infamous earmarks label, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) confirmed late Friday that earmarks are again part of the congressional spending scene. “Members want Congress to help their communities, particularly now as the pandemic exposed so many inequalities and needs,” DeLauro said in a statement…

A coalition of 18 conservative non-profit advocacy groups that oppose the return of earmarks to congressional spending issued a letter Feb. 22 to all 535 senators and representatives warning them that taxpayers “want an end to business-as-usual.” The coalition’s warning refers to plans of Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and House Appropriations Committee…

House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) will announce possibly next week that earmarks will be permitted in spending bills beginning in 2022. “Chair DeLauro supports Member-directed funding for community projects,” according to committee spokesman Evan Hollander in news that was first reported by NBC Political Analyst Jake Sherman. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy…